A sophisticated social engineering campaign successfully duped several prominent crypto news outlets into promoting a fabricated $10 million Uniswap airdrop on Feb. 16. The scammer, posing as a Uniswap Foundation representative, offered coordinated publicity in tandem with the legitimate Uniswap v4 announcement. CryptoSlate declined to cover the airdrop, noting concerns about potential malicious changes to The post Fake Uniswap $10 million airdrop reported as several prominent crypto media scammed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The AI blockchain sector is closing in on a $10 billion market cap following the meteoric surge of Bittensor, which is up 140% over the past 30 days. Native token TAO surpassed $4 billion in market cap, reaching an all-time high on Feb. 15 of $698 before retracing to around $659 as of press time. The post AI crypto sector nears $10 billion market cap as Bittensor surges 220% in 2024 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A seemingly progressive digital asset bill has been approved by the Judiciary Committee in Iowa, introducing significant amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, explicitly aiming to integrate digital assets and electronic records into commercial transactions. The bill, House File 2519, is titled “An act relating to commercial transactions, including control and transmission of electronic records The post Tokenized real world assets (RWA) redefined as personal property in landmark Iowa digital asset bill appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tap Protocol, designed to support DeFi applications on Bitcoin Ordinals, has become the most active protocol on Bitcoin’s Ordinals network over the past 24 hours. Genii Data indicates Tap Protocol handled nearly double the transactions of BRC-20 or OrdDefi. While Genii tracks BRC20 activity separately from other protocols, the total activity of all tokens over The post Tap Protocol overtakes BRC20 in 24 hour Bitcoin Ordinals transaction activity appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Major Bitcoin forks, including Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin SV (BSV), and eCash (XEC, formerly Bitcoin Cash ABC), have experienced significant price depreciation against Bitcoin (BTC) since its all-time high in November 2021. BCH declined by 48%, BSV by 42%, and XEC suffered a substantial 71% loss against BTC during this timeframe. This bearish performance contrasts The post Bitcoin forks down up to 70% against BTC in since all-time high appeared first on CryptoSlate.